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The M&A "Pitch Book": Proposed Acquisition of Heller Financial by United Technologies Corporation
Bruner, Robert F.; Bridges, Allison; Chan, Jessica; Palacios, Miguel; Whitney, KarenTechnical Note DARDEN-F1338-EFinanceThis technical note offers an example of a thoroughly complete "pitch book" for use as a basis of class discussion and learning. Actual pitch books are almost never made available for public use. This presentation, however, was prepared by a group of Darden students in April 2001 for a jury of M&A executives of United Technologies Corporation?they judged this work to be of excellent quality, among the best they had seen in any setting. A separate...Starting at €6.75
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The Effects Of Debt Equity Policy on Shareholder Return Requirements and Beta
Chaplinsky, Susan; Harris, Robert S.Technical Note DARDEN-F1168-EFinanceThis note outlines the link between shareholder-return requirements and a firm's use of debt. It explores the theoretical arguments concerning how the cost of equity changes with the use of debt and discusses the limitations of each view. It also provides conceptual and practical guidance on the use of "levered" and "unlevered" betas.Starting at €6.75
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VALUE_MERGE.XLS: When and How to Use the Model
Bruner, Robert F.; Miles, MarkTechnical Note DARDEN-F1213-EFinanceThis note describes the structure and potential applications of a "canned" spreadsheet model that values and projects pro-forma results for two merging firms. The model can be used as a course resource in a course on valuation or mergers and acquisitions. In applications at Darden, terms of students are given this model as a resource for projects in mergers and acquisitions.Starting at €6.75
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Overview of Credit Ratings
Eades, Kenneth M.; Benedict, RyanTechnical Note DARDEN-F1413-EFinanceThis note is a brief summary of how credit-rating agencies do their job. It includes historical information on rates and capital spreads. The note serves as useful supplementary reading, for students encountering, for the first time, bonds in a capital-structure case, a capital-markets case, or a cost-of-capital case. The note is designed for undergraduate and executive audiences.Starting at €6.75
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Cost of Capital: The Downside-Risk Approach
Li, Wei; Alers, LourdesTechnical Note DARDEN-F1394-EFinanceThis note describes the downside risk approach to estimating the cost of equity in emerging markets and contains an example. Based on paper: Javier Estrada, "The Cost of Equity in Emerging Markets: A Downside Risk Approach," Emerging Markets Qtly (Fall 2000).Starting at €6.75
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Forwards and Futures
Conroy, Robert M.Technical Note DARDEN-F1427-EFinanceThis technical note introduces the basics of forward and futures contracts. It covers the very simplest contract on financial assets with no income and expands the discussion to cover contracts on financial assets with dividends, contracts on foreign currency and commodities. There is a discussion on the difference between forward/futures prices and the expected spot rate.Starting at €6.75
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Interest Rate Derivatives
Conroy, Robert M.Technical Note DARDEN-F1431-EFinanceThis technical note covers the basics of interest rate derivatives. Specifically, it covers options on bonds, delayed payments, caps, floors, and swaptions. The appropriate option pricing model is presented for each derivative. In addition, the note covers how to estimate the input parameters in each case.Starting at €6.75
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Options on Stock Indexes, Currencies, and Futures
Conroy, Robert M.Technical Note DARDEN-F1433-EFinanceOptions on stock indexes, currencies, and futures all have something in common. In each of those cases, the holder of the option does not get the same things that the holder of the underlying asset gets. This affects the value of the option. In this note, we cover the valuation implications of this for options on stock indexes, currencies, and futures.Starting at €6.75
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A Primer on Valuing Simple Risk-Free Bonds
Schill, Michael J.Technical Note DARDEN-F1443-EFinanceThis note introduces students to the basics of bonds and the time value of money through a simple bond contract?the risk-free bond contract. The note covers the concepts of present value, yield to maturity, coupon payment, and bond pricing conventions. An exhibit provides an overview of general bond trading terminology.Starting at €6.75
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An Introduction to Technical Analysis
Schill, Michael J.; Wada, YosukeTechnical Note DARDEN-F1547-EFinanceTechnical stock analysis uses past prices and trading volume or both to predict future prices. A broad range of techniques such as chart analysis, moving averages, and other filters and oscillators can be used to identify predictable patterns in stock prices. The conventional wisdom is that stock-price patterns emerge from systematic psychological behavior of market participants. This note provides an overview of some common analytical tools for ...Starting at €6.75
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